Percentage of Students on Financial Aid at Major Privates is Depressing

Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I have an idea. If you want to send your kids to private school, work hard and make a lot of money so that you can afford the schools. Stop asking for handouts. This is America, everyone has the opportunity to be wealthy.

Just goes to show that everyone shouldn’t have ideas.
Anonymous
Private school education is a luxury when there is a good alternative. We scrape to send our kids to private and accept the sacrifice - no fancy vacations; no cleaner, gardener or any other outsourced help; one old car; etc. We are fine with that as it’s an inevitable consequence of our decision. Most of our neighbors earn far more and send their kids to Whitman. I know far too many people zoned for Whitman or BCC who earn more than us and receive financial aid at private schools. Should I be required to pay higher tuition to fund more support for people who don’t actually need it? I certainly wouldn’t expect financial aid given we have a good alternative. For that reason, I barely contribute to financial aid. I donate to charities that address true poverty and hardship.
Anonymous
Taxpayers are already giving you free public school K-12. If you cannot afford to educate your children, there is already a free option. If you don't like it, the usual response is to move into a different district.

If you want wealthy parents at private school to fund your child's education instead, go apply for admission and financial aid and see if they offer you a spot with aid. The programs are already quite generous.

The wildest idea of all would be to pay for your child's education yourself.
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have an idea. If you want to send your kids to private school, work hard and make a lot of money so that you can afford the schools. Stop asking for handouts. This is America, everyone has the opportunity to be wealthy.

Just goes to show that everyone shouldn’t have ideas.


no, it goes to show that the further left somebody's politics are, the less able/willing they are to defend their position on substance.
Anonymous
How closely does financial aid at these schools correlate to racial minorities?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I have an idea. If you want to send your kids to private school, work hard and make a lot of money so that you can afford the schools. Stop asking for handouts. This is America, everyone has the opportunity to be wealthy.

Just goes to show that everyone shouldn’t have ideas.


no, it goes to show that the further left somebody's politics are, the less able/willing they are to defend their position on substance.

Oh so it’s the left that are willing to help the disadvantaged?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Private school education is a luxury when there is a good alternative. We scrape to send our kids to private and accept the sacrifice - no fancy vacations; no cleaner, gardener or any other outsourced help; one old car; etc. We are fine with that as it’s an inevitable consequence of our decision. Most of our neighbors earn far more and send their kids to Whitman. I know far too many people zoned for Whitman or BCC who earn more than us and receive financial aid at private schools. Should I be required to pay higher tuition to fund more support for people who don’t actually need it? I certainly wouldn’t expect financial aid given we have a good alternative. For that reason, I barely contribute to financial aid. I donate to charities that address true poverty and hardship.


Is there some reason you don't ask for FA knowing there are wealthier people than you that receive it? Or is it a very DMV situation where the parents don't make a ton, but the grandparents are loaded (and still paying for a lot of their kids' lives)...so practically those parents are wealthier than you, but legally/technically they are not (until the grandparents move on in this life).
Anonymous
Private school is a luxury good for rich people. Why is this surprising?
Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:How closely does financial aid at these schools correlate to racial minorities?

What does it have to do with minorities? Are they the recipients of financial aid? Are they the one’s always looking for a handout?
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